papercrrane

she/her | aroace | 18

[papercrrane]

intro post

18 | she/her | aroace

i mainly post fanart

main fandoms:

yellowjackets

the magnus archives

witch hat atelier

we are the tigers

epic: the musical

my tags:

#my art

#thoughts (-> all of my textposts)

i generally try to tag my original fandom posts with the name of the fandom as well as its abbreviation while i tag reblogs only with the name of the fandom :)

[melonmalware]

Taisssaaaa my love why so sad :(

[prosperdraws]

Thought it would be fun to try and draw teen and grown designs for the girls… notes under the jump (some manga spoilers in them)

I figured when you get a little older you get more free rein in what goes under your uniform cloak.

Teen Coco turned down a new/longer apprentice cloak when she hit her growth spurt. She just let her original one out at the shoulders. On the one hand this is because she’s treasuring the skills her mother taught her; on the other she still feels like an outsider and like she doesn’t deserve nice things.

As an adult she’s really enjoying different fabric embellishments and textures. The ribbon roses at the sides of her hat are in honour of how her mum used to wear her hair on special occasions.

I think she’s probably a teacher.

It’s important to me that her scar from Silver Eve persists.

Teen Agott had another shitty interaction with her mum and cut her hair even shorter. She doesn’t actually like it this short but whoops, gotta wait for it to grow back.

Her blouse is one of her uniform dresses that Coco hemmed shorter for her and dyed purple when it got badly stained and torn. She is much more moved by this than she’s willing to admit, but Coco does notice how often she wears it.

They’re doing more outside study/work outside the atelier, so she likes tall boots for practical reasons.

Adult Agott is letting go of a lot of her childhood need for control. Dressing a little more fun and comfortable.

She grows into an hourglass figure like her mum’s, but she doesn’t have to hate that she resembles her anymore because she knows who she is.

She’s a librarian, but not at the Tower of Tomes; she’s at a city library near where Coco teaches where she can actually interact with people and help them find resources.

Teen Riché’s design was based on an idea I had where she leaves the atelier for a while to travel with Alaira and Euini. She still wears her Qifrey hat to show her loyalty, but her clothes are much more practical for wilderness treks.

She puts on a good bit of weight but barely gets any taller. Short queen.

Grown Riché made her hat embellishments out of her crystal ribbons and they’re very shiny and impressive. She runs a contraption shop.

Unlike Olruggio, who works on commission, Riché makes whatever she feels like and sells them when they’re done, meaning her shop has surprise drops of fascinating new concepts and people come back a lot to see what she’s made lately.

She has a very flat affect but she’s so happy.

Tetia was the hardest for me to design but I’m quite pleased with the eventual result.

She’s the only one of them we haven’t seen as a wee thing, so I made her hair a big old poof because I love that.

Teen Tetia is putting on a brave face but whatever ended up happening with Eoleo really messed with her views of magic and people and friendship. She’s having a harder time trusting people.

Teen her is less different from tween her; she’s mostly just fluffed up a bit and is hiding in her cloak more.

Girl has the hugest of growth spurts and becomes long and lanky and strong.

Adult her is me trying to find a balance between her hyper-femme, lacy, ruffly tastes and the practical necessities of a traveling public servant who does a lot of physical work.

She’s travelling around helping people like she always wanted! A little more wary, refusing to be taken advantage of, but she’s not letting it stop her from doing good.

[dear-kumari]

This may be a bit underbaked bc I'm not a history expert, but I do believe that if you must view the Pointed Hats as analogous to any single real-world group, it would be the Christian church during the medieval period in Europe. They're somewhat sequestered from the general population (the Great Hall and ateliers vs. the Vatican and monasteries); have near-exclusive access to certain important information (the truth about magic vs. the language of the Bible and much of historical record) and the means of media production (Silverwood ink and casting seals vs. the labor and resources to copy manuscripts); are supported by taxes but do not seem to pay any (ch. 48); are relied on to perform individual charity, general social services, and paid services for feudal lords and monarchs (a central tension in ch. 39 and much of the Silver Eve arc); and of course, are punitive towards heresy and apostasy to the point of having a specialized judicial branch to root out sinful witches (the Knights Moralis vs. the Inquisitors, who are often depicted in similar colors).

WHA's setting is clearly inspired by the medieval period in its aesthetics and worldbuilding, but it doesn't include any organized religions (iirc) because the secular Pointed Hats roughly fulfill that role, including as moral arbiters for this society. Knowing that can also clarify the position of forbidden magic in the story as not just crime, but sin (as defined by Pointed Hat dogma). Despite sharing the name of "witch," Pointed Hats aren't at all comparable to witches as they were understood in the medieval period, while the Brimhats are functionally the witches in this analogy. They are marginalized thanks to their heretical beliefs and/or sinful practices (esp in cultivating knowledge preceding and/or contradicting the current world order) and offer a precarious alternative to the stifling conformist institution of the Pointed Hats.

Now, if you're reading this and going, "Hmm, okay, but WHA puts the Pointed Hats in a generally positive light and shows them as being far less violent, corrupt, and oppressive than the actual medieval Church, while also playing the Brimhats pretty straight as borderline demonic criminals rather than unfairly marginalized heretics or political targets," I think that's a good line of thought to follow! It's similar to the "does WHA actually say ACAB or do you just like Shirahama" debate but a bit more accurate to the Pointed Hats' actual role in this fictional society, imo (because as I've said in the past, I don't think WHA "says ACAB" by any metric, but I also think it's overly reductive to call the Knights "cops"). I also think this is a fun thought exercise if you, like Coco, fell in love with the sense of wonder and goodness around the Pointed Hats' magic, because we don't tend to look back in history and consider all the positive feelings the average person might've had towards the church, nor how radical and dangerous it would've actually felt to question them.

[mybodywakesup]

or whatever (x)

[apollolikestodraw]

Some random art pieces I’ve done

[papercrrane]

went on a vacation last week so here's most of what i drew there :)

[mishunss]

sad wednesday

[pajaritocoleebri]

WE are all excited for LEE EMI!!!

[pajaritocoleebri]

Who up missing Akilah.....

[boombams]

based on this post im so ill… happy coustas day

[staghunters]

A four course meal at the low, low price of a few casualties <3

[silverstar-cat]

idk if i'm just grasping at straws but i always felt like tai is visibly more tense and joyless at the pep rally than the others. the rest of the team is at least somewhat cheering and smiling, while she's just kind of standing there. and especially compared to the way she acted while getting ready with the team, she just seems so uncomfortable here.

like this is tai when it's just her and the other girls.. idk i feel like there's a very clear shift in her attitude. and i can't help but think of jackie saying that they're just doing the pep rally to "give freshmen something to jerk off to later". obviously, this is not an objective truth and might just be jackie's perspective on the event but i'm thinking about how this might feel for tai. she's genuinely working very hard to help the team move forward and to be taken seriously, only to be reduced to a sexual object. and especially as a lesbian, who's atp very closeted, it feels likely that she's uncomfortable with having to appeal to men in that way.

idk i feel like there's this clear line throughout tai's life where she tries so hard to be seen for her work and talent but at the end of the day she's just she's just seen as a sexual object, the Black lesbian, the crazy cannibal etc.. and at the same time i think this is an essential part of why taissa wanted to stay in the wilderness. the female freedom of the wilderness that lottie talks about is something that tai has also always craved.

[papercrrane]

the wha girls sleeping because i think they should get some rest <3

[staghunters]

This link will probably not work, but it can be found archived in full if you got a website. Upon the return of some Flotilla sailors to Istanbul, this Dutch paper interviewed those present (and willing) to speak about their treatment while imprisoned by Israel. The list comes down to this, and whereever you draw the line, there are some grave offenses in here.

Intervering on international waters There were clear signs of the Israeli army blocking any radio communication from the boats to each other, as well as to any mainland stations. Instead they would hear Britney Spears' Oops... I Did It Again. This is problematic for a number of reasons, most of all that any signals of distress would not reach harbor institutions that could send help, but also because this happened in international waters where no state has jurisdiction.

Systemic (psychological) abuse Will list this because it's a lot.

Shooting rubber bullets at unarmed civilians

Dousing people in water and forcing them to sleep (semi)outdoors

Tasering unarmed civilians (sometimes while they were soaked)

Beatings

Sexual assault

Forcibly removing hijabs and other head coverings

Keeping people tie-wrapped at the wrists for over 24 hours

Forcing people in uncomfortable positions (such as kneeling) for over 24 hours

Keeping people from sleep

Providing little food and water

All this not by individuals, but by groups or militia men, in full view and knowledge of any higher ranking figure. One of the sailors said how their abuse was put on as a spectacle for all to watch, but those beating them were careful enough not to hit anyone in a visible spot (such as the face). He says that a majority of the Flotilla sustained broken ribs.

This man is one of two journalists aboard the Flotilla. They were there to document the (attempted) journey to Gaza from their departure in Barcelona. From the start, it was agreed with the network they were doing this for that any files would be uploaded as to keep them safe from confiscation/destruction, and to throw their devices overboard if they were to be taken by the Israeli forces. These files have been saved, and if the network here goes forward in putting them together for a broadcast, it could mean a lot to at least have something on the journey out there for all to see.

All the activists stated the gravity and severity of their treatment while imprisoned, but all underline that this is a fraction of what Palestinians (risk to) experience on the daily. It's hoping that this might finally be a wake-up call, or that this at least puts a heavy dent in the Israeli PR machine.

[dailycatsblog]

[silverstar-cat]

peanuts-sized marikilah